it made the situation at the hawthorns all the more unique, where regis, brendan batson and lawrie cunningham — together nicknamed the three degrees — were at the heart of one of the era's most exciting teams. at a time of high racial tension, they were subject to relentless abuse. commentator: the booing of the black players... we were used to 3 or 4, 10,000 people shouting racist racist abuse at you, throwing bananas on the pitch and monkey chants and that stuff. so ijust took it as if it was somebody trying to intimidate me. just the third black player to represent england, not everyone welcomed his debut. i got a letter through the post, which said, you know, "if you put your feet on that wembley turf, you'll get one of those for you knee. " and it was a bullet. asa kid, as a kid, i didn't know what was going on, but you could hear the monkey chants... we all knew that...

you just had to get on with it. and like you know you see the... what they talk about racist abuse now is nothing. compared to... what it was then. the tributes laid here at the hawthorns today are testament to a man who became a symbol of the fight against racism in britain. the legacy of cyrille regis felt notjust here at west brom, but throughout his sport. a role model for a generation of black footballers inspired by his dignity and determination. he was just a leader. he was a trail—blazer. he was — we stood on his shoulders, that is how strong he was, as black players. and it's... sad. cyrille regis was far more

than a mere player — a pioneer who faced up to the acceptable side of football and helped it move forward. his impact on and off the pitch cannot be overstated. today's tributes to one of the real pioneers of english football , cyrille regis. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. tonight is the war on sugar paying off and what impact is it having on companies? and we ask the government why they can'ted continued to give contract tosca rhyl yon. here on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. this was the scene at the midlands metropolitan hospital in sandwell. welcome to sportsday. coming up, manchester united narrow the gap at the top of the table with a convincing 3—0 win over stoke. a new gig for giggs as the former manchester united legend is appointed manager of wales. no murray, no worry, kyle edmund wins on day one of the australian open.

good evening. we start with tonight's premier league action at old trafford. manchester united have reduced the gap at the top of the table to 12 points by beating stoke 3-0. that table to 12 points by beating stoke 3—0. that result means the potters remain in the relegation zone and serves as a reminder to the new manager of the task at hand. drew savage was watching the action. some were more excited than others about the new manager. only a spectator tonight keen to see how the team handle a wet monday in manchester. one problem, they leak goals away from home. gaps in the stoke defence midfield. players of

martial‘s quality are quick to take advantage. stoke created more chancesin advantage. stoke created more chances in the first half but had nothing to show for it. the next few fixtures are more winnable than this one, it won't be every week they face a striker of lukaku's quality. second in the premier league versus third from bottom may not be the best scenario tojudge third from bottom may not be the best scenario to judge what a team is capable of. stoke did show flashes of promise. united effective rather than brilliant, probably playing for second place. stoke, they'll be happy to avoid the premier league exit. while we are talking about manchester united goal scorers, ryan giggs has been appointed weigh manager on a four—year contract —— wales. giggs was in charge at old trafford in a caretaker role for four games after david moyes was sacked in 2014 and spent the next two seasons as lewis van gaal‘s

assistant. he wants 6 —— he had 64 caps for wales. he was unpopular with some fans for missing many internationals, especially friendlies but he says he can't wait to start. i am going to give it my all. like i have always done. when i played for my country i gave it my all. i loved playing for my country and now it's probably the proudest moment of my life to lead the welsh nation into the next two to four yea rs. nation into the next two to four years. obviously with the euros and then the world cup. we haven't been ina then the world cup. we haven't been in a world cup since 1958. i want to get this group of players there and i want to be part of that obviously. perhaps more good news for manchester united fans. manchester city have dropped their interest in signing arsenalforward city have dropped their interest in signing arsenal forward alexis sanchez. the club have decided the cost of pursuing the 29—year—old would be prohibitively expensive. it's understood the wages demanded by sanchez would have put him ahead of city's big he is earners,

something the club decided they wouldn't do. the bbc understands chelsea are also interested in signing him. tributes have been paid to former west brom and england striker cyrille regis who died from a suspected heart attack last night. this was the scene outside the hawthorns, the ground where he made his name. he experienced racism from the terraces before winning five caps for england, west brom have described him as a pioneerfor caps for england, west brom have described him as a pioneer for black footballers. one of the most touching came from former leeds sheffield united and england forward brian dean. i think what people don't realise is when you were a black kid coming through and looking foran black kid coming through and looking for an opportunity, you have to get on with it and those guys, they could have, if you take a stance and say no, i am not putting up with that, we wouldn't have had these trail—blazers. as a kid listening on tv, obviously, i didn't know what was going on, but you could hear the

monkey chants. you know, we all kind of had some of that... you just had to get on with it... like, you know, you see the... what they talk about racist abuse now is nothing, compared to what it was then. you know, when you think about what they had to go through and then what we went through wasn't as bad, but it was bad. and this is what you have to go through to get an opportunity without the strength of character that those guys had, then people

like me wouldn't have had the opportunity. brian dean paying tribute to cyrille regis who died at the age of 59. four—time olympic champion has taken to social media tonight to say she was sexually abused by former sports doctor larry nasar. the american, currently in training for tokyo tweeted she too is one of the many survivors has been reluctant to speak out until now. she goes on to say. nassar is serving a 60—yearjail sentence for having child sex abuse images on his computer and is awaiting sentence. now over to melbourne. kyle edmund has hailed the best win of his career beating the 11th seed kevin anderson in the first round of the australian open. he twice came from a set down and was trailing by a break in the deciding set before fighting back to reach round two in

melbourne for the second time with a five—set victory: ben stokes has been charged with affray over an incident outside a bristol nightclub. the disturbance in september left a man with a fractured eye socket. stokes missed the ashes with the england and wales cricket board saying he would not be considered for england until further notice. the 26—year—old has been charged along with two other men. ireland and ulster winger tommy bowe has announced he will retire at the end of the season but opted to make the announcement through poetry. he earns 69 caps for ireland and played for the british and irish lions posted this earlier. saying. tha nkfully thankfully his rugby is better than his poetry.

judd trump is through to the second round of the masters. the englishman managed to survive a superb fightback. trump managed to prevail closing with a break of 85. the former world number one is looking former world number one is looking for his first masters title. when the british alpine skiing team for this year's bookses was announced there was no place for kelly gallagher. the advicely impaired skier won in sochi but could still make it to that plane. our reporter caught up with her in a swiss resort. three, two, one, go. obviously we qualified for the games in terms of selection document, but there is only two spots at the moment. we haven't been actually

selected. we are hoping that the association and our governing body can work tact to find us a slot so we can compete. in the meantime you with answering do is try and train the best we can ignoring it and putting it to the side and assuming we are going to the games, we need to be ready because it's we are going to the games, we need to be ready because its two months away. where we are at now is a lot better than where we were looking back three or four months ago so it's been brilliant. at this stage you are ina been brilliant. at this stage you are in a team with two girls already selected. how difficult is it for you seeing them training and hoping yourself to be selected. we are not going to win gold medals together but we're all in this together and all striving for the same thing so we help each other and look after each other and that's what the sport is actually about, sometimes when it gets really stressful you have to ta ke gets really stressful you have to take a step back, look at your surroundings, remember why you got into it in the first place. if you we re into it in the first place. if you were selected what are you hoping to

achieve there? i suppose for me to get to the bottom and ne all this has been worth it, which is a really good run where you get to the bottom and you are like yes. super. that's what i am looking for, for that feeling rather than an outcome, i am looking for the good feeling at the bottom of the run. yeah, we will get there and ski as hard and as fast as we can and look at the score board and see where we are at. that's all from sportsday. coming up the papers. bye. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow.

with me are katy balls, political correspondent at the spectator and jim waterson political editor at buzzfeed uk. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. we have a new way of presenting them, look at this! the huffington post. the telegraph's top story. the guardian also shows doloreso'

riordan and the rush to protect the jobs of carillion employees. so a new look to the papers. hope you like it. as we focus on what fleet street's finest are reporting, hopefully it will be even easier to see how the big stories are being covered. we are going to start with the financial times. carillion, the big story. we have been covering it all day. 20,000 jobs at risk. this isa all day. 20,000 jobs at risk. this is a company that had a market value of £2 billion, orders of £16 billion. what happened? this is very

bad news, but particularly for the government bad news, lots of questions are being asked about why this company issued three profit warnings, kept being awarded all these contracts which has to a point these contracts which has to a point the government has insisted they're not going to do a bail out which is how we